Friday, June 11, 2010

Can You Bounce a Background Check?

"Mommy?" Emma asked me yesterday, in the car on the way to Costco.

"Yes, dear?"

"Mommy, remember that time I thought Mrs. Teacher was sick?" (We will call her "Mrs. Teacher" for her sake. I know not everyone loves the idea of having their personal business all over the Internet. Especially, you know, this.) "Mommy, Mrs. Teacher wasn't really sick, she was in jail."

"Well, she wasn't really in jail, like real jail, it was where there were too many people in jail, so she got to go home. But she has to go back to jail later."

Hmmmm....

"OK, I'm confused. Can you tell me that again?"

"Well." Emma is in her full I know everything mode now, ready to inform me of all of her teacher's time in jail. "Mrs. Teacher went to the thing by the jail, but there were too many people so they let her go home. That's why there was a sub, because she had to do that jail thing. But she didn't have to go to the jail, she will go again next year. But she wasn't sick, mom, it was that thing by the jail."

Suddenly, a light bulb clicked on over my head.

"Emma, do you mean Mrs. Teacher had jury duty?"

"Yes! That's what it was!" She then gave a huge sigh, content that she had gotten her point across.

I laughed a little inside. Thank heavens she told me that instead of someone else, lest my darling daughter spread slander about her sweet, kind kindergarten teacher's life of crime.

Tiffany,That reminds me of when Jason was in 2nd grade. He had a sweet old lady for a teacher. He came home one day and said she had aids. I was shocked. I quizzed him to try and understand. Finally he said, she had to go home early because she had aids and pains!Brenda

Christ-following, photo-taking, gluten free cooking, homeschool mom of four. Life is crazy, but I wouldn't change it for anything. Well, I might trade it for the same life, but with a housekeeper. Yeah, that'd be nice.